Auction Catalogue

1 December 2010

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 563 x

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1 December 2010

Hammer Price:
£90

Castle Wemyss/Training Ship “Empress” Medal, obverse: castle by the shore, ‘Castle Wemyss’ in exergue; reverse engraved, ‘Clyde Training Ship “Empress” 1st Prize for Swimming. Presented by The Right Honourable Lord Inverclyde of Castle Wemyss to George Boyd 1922’, 45mm., silver, with ring suspension; Boys’ Brigade Medal, obverse: anchor within a wreath; reverse engraved, ‘W. Colhoun’, 31mm., silver, with silver brooch bar; National Rifle Association Medallion (Lieut. L. S. Blackden, 2 W.I.R.) 48mm., silver; Grenadier Guards Prize Medal, reverse inscribed, ‘Regimental Relay Race 1926 Winners 3rd Bn. Grenadier Guards L/Sgt. E. Philpott’, 32mm., silver, ring suspension; Westwood Shield Medal, obverse: soldiers tending a wounded comrade; reverse inscribed, ‘Presented by Sir Arthur Atkinson J.P. to P.C. H. Boyes, No. 59 1933’, 37 x 31mm., silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1932, ring suspension, good very fine (5) £90-120